Travel With Rithu

Today, my parents and I went to a place called MUCKROSS IRISH TRADITIONAL FARM!! The farm is in Killarney, Ireland. The farm makes us realize how hard-working people were in the past because there was no electric machinery, equipment, or appliances like we have now in the 21st century.

In the farm, there are places like Laborers’ Cottages, Blacksmith’s Forge, Schoolhouse, the Woodland Playarea, Animal farms e.t.c

At the desk where we buy tickets, my parents had confusion about whether we should go or not because they thought it was just another normal farm. I tried to convince them to go in. So FORTUNATELY, they agreed!!!! After my Dad paid for the tour, we walked to the minibus waiting stop from where we rode to the first stop, the SMALL SIZE FARM.

Once we reached the stop I found out that the place have a beautiful small white house. All of the window frames were painted in red color. It is a small, Irish styled house. As soon as we went inside, we saw an old grandma sitting on a small, wooden chair. We went to the other room inside and it is an old bedroom with bright white painted cobblestone walls, a small metal framed comfy looking bed, and also, a small statue of Jesus along with his picture in a dark wooden frame next to the window sill. There were other furniture such as a small fireplace with a small fire burning on some wood and charcoal, a  traditional wooden dressing table, and a big bookshelf. When we came back to the main room, the grandma offered us some freshly baked bread and butter. As soon as it reached my taste buds, I was so surprised that an old grandma could bake such yummy bread and butter!

To reach the other stops we decided not to take the bus ride. So we walked for a bit and finally reached the second stop. Again, I found out that this stop was also a house but it was the worker’s residences. First, we explored the outside of the house. The house was white like the other one, but the window frames were painted in blue. On the other side of the house there was a cabbage farm and an apple tree. Next to the farm there were some pigs rolling in the mud so as I walked nearer, they were all super stinky! When we went inside the house, I saw a bedroom and a living space with a small fireplace again so there is nothing to describe much.

After a few more stops, we reached a place named LARGE FARM. There I saw JAUNTING CARS, goats, cows, sheep, one cute tiny kitten, and one new born piglet!! Next to the piglet, there was a small fire to make the piglet feel warm. All these animals were in their own fences in a shed. When I left the shed, I saw another pen next to the shed. Inside that, there were lots of hens and roosters. So I sat down on a bench nearby and watched the hens for a while. Until…..another huge brood of hen ran from the shed and behind them was a boy chasing them! What was more, a man tried to pull him out of the pen, but the boy kept on pulling back. After sometime the man managed to pull the boy out of the pen. We then went to a small pond nearby where the swans were. When we reached, the swans gave us a greeting by saying, “QUACK! QUACK!” After that, we walked to a woodland playground where I played a lot.

We went to our last stop, THE SCHOOLHOUSE. While we were walking to the schoolhouse, I thought that I could write with a feather. When we reached the schoolhouse, I found an old man talking with some people next to a large door. So we waited for sometime. After some minutes, the old man asked me if I want to learn. I said yes. He told me to sit on one the desks. The room had a very tall ceiling, a fireplace, a small blackboard and several large desks and benches. When I sat down, somebody called him and he had to rush out. We waited for sometime. But still, he did not come. So we decided to leave and started to walk back to the reception.

In the whole experience, I felt just a bit excited because all of the houses looked the same. But when we went to the Large Farm, I was really excited because I really love animals.